Presented at the 2025 edition of PACE Festival, Landscape of Perception is a spatial installation created in collaboration with Moritz J. Richartz. The work connects neural activity, generative visuals, and spatial sound to explore how perception unfolds between human cognition and machine mediation. Visitors wearing EEG headsets directly influence the surrounding environment, shaping light and sound in real time.

The installation integrates three core systems—EEG control, AI-driven visuals, and a sound-reactive environment. Brainwave data is transmitted via OSC to TouchDesigner and Max/MSP, where it modulates visual and auditory parameters. Machine-learning models trained on audiovisual datasets generate evolving landscapes, while lighting and projection react to both EEG input and ambient sound. The resulting environment operates as a live perceptual feedback loop, blurring the boundary between observer and system.

Exhibited in the Boiler room at Rechenzentrum Potsdam, the installation utilized the room’s industrial acoustics and low-light setting to enhance sensory focus. Landscape of Perception foregrounds subtlety and awareness over spectacle, inviting visitors to experience the interplay between attention, cognition, and space as a shared, evolving terrain.